Summary
The Japanese mountain cherry (Prunus jamasakura) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae that is endemic to Japan.[3]
| Japanese mountain cherry[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. jamasakura
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus jamasakura | |
Taxonomy edit
The species was first given a binomial by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1830,[4]: 148 [5] the specific epithet relating to the Japanese common name, Yama-zakura (ヤマザクラ).[2] While Siebold alludes to the uses to which the tree has been traditionally put—its wood in woodblock printing, its bark for a range of crafts (kabazaiku), and its fruit for consumption[note 1][5]—there is no description, diagnosis, or reference to previous literature containing such, no illustration, and no mention of a type specimen.[4]: 148
Description edit
Prunus jamasakura is a deciduous tree that grows to a height of 20–25 metres (66–82 ft).[6]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in the low mountains and secondary forests of Japan, from the Kantō region of Honshū to Shikoku and Kyūshū.[7]
Conservation status edit
Prunus jamasakura is classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, although the 2021 assessment notes a decline in the area and quality of its habitat.[2]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Lignum exclusive in usum xylographorum versum, cortex pro diversis utensilibus ac fructus a pueris colliguntur"
References edit
- ^ Xian-Gui Yi; Jie Chen; Meng Li; Hong Zhu; Zhong-Shuai Sun; Toshio Katsuki; Xian-Rong Wang (2020) [Published online 13 December 2019]. "Complete chloroplast genome of the wild Japanese Mountain cherry (Prunus jamasakura, Rosaceae)". Mitochondrial DNA B Resources. 5 (1): 290–291. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1699463. PMID 33366524.
- ^ a b c Oldfield, S. (2021). "Prunus jamasakura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T173917565A173917817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T173917565A173917817.en.
- ^ a b c "Prunus jamasakura (Makino) Siebold ex Koidz." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b Ohba, Hideaki; Akiyama, Shinobu (22 November 2019). "The Lectotypification of Prunus jamasakura and Allied Native Species of Cerasus sect. Sargentiella in Japan (Rosaceae—Prunoideae)". Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series B (Botany). 45 (4). National Museum of Nature and Science: 147–164.
- ^ a b von Siebold, Philipp Franz. "Synopsis Plantarum Oeconomicarum universi regni Japonici". Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. 12: 68.
- ^ Kunio, Kunio; Boufford, David Edward; Ohba, Hideaki, eds. (2001). Flora of Japan. Volume IIb: Angiospermae, Dicotyledoneae, Archichlamydeae(b). Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 139–140. ISBN 4-06-154605-8.
- ^ Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan (in English). A combined, much revised, and extended translation by the author of his 日本植物誌 FLORA OF JAPAN (1953) and 日本植物誌シダ篇 FLORA OF JAPAN—PTERIDOPHYTA (1957). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 544.